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Avoid Subscription Fatigue by Cancelling Everything Already feeling the fatigue? Do you have more services that you are subscribed to than you even watch? If you’re already feeling the pinch it’s a good idea to go through and cancel everything. Yup. Everything. Then, depending on what you want to watch go ahead and subscribe to the service that carries your show. That service and that service only. For example, if you want to watch The Mandalorian you subscribe to Disney Plus....

The first thing you need to do is verify your hardware is capable of running Hyper-V. Your computer’s CPU needs to support SLAT. The best tool to test if your AMD or Intel CPU supports SLAT is CoreInfo by Mark Russinovich. Next, you need to Enable Hyper-V in Windows 8, which isn’t on by default. Now that Hyper-V is enabled, launch Hyper-V Virtual Machine. You can get to it from the Metro Start screen by searching for Hyper-V and clicking the Hyper-V Manager icon....

So this time around, I thought I would try the free utility called Rufus. Here’s a look at using it, and in the end, I had a faster experience using it than the older Microsoft tool. Update: To get the ISO for the official release of Windows 10, head to this Microsoft page and download the 64 or 32-bit version of the media creation tool. It will allow you to upgrade your Windows 7 SP 1 or Windows 8....

Disable the Windows 10 Welcome Experience To get started, open the Start menu and click on Settings. Or, if you are a keyboard kung fu warrior use the shortcut Windows Key + I. When the Settings app window opens up select System from the menu. When the System window opens up click Notifications & actions from the list on the left panel. Then on the right, scroll down and uncheck the “Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally when I sign in to highlight what’s new and suggested” box....

The only negative aspect of the application is the small Advertisements which are displayed from time to time (during updates for instance.) So perhaps that’s why they say Nothing is Free ;) So where is it? I’ve found it can be a little tricky to find at times so, here’s a quick How-To on grabbing a copy. http://www.free-av.com/ Once at the site scroll down and click the big red Download Your Free AntiVir image button...

Facebook will be publicly trading on the NASDAQ on May 18th or 19th under the “FB” ticker. Over 180,000,000 Class A common stock shares will be sold directly from Facebook, with an additional 157,415,352 shares available from private investors. This IPO price comes after Zuckerberg has been busy with spending a billion on Instagram, and over 500 million on patents from Microsoft. In other rumors Zuckerberg will remain in a key role at Facebook, however he may be appointing a new CEO....

Previously, when you were sent a friend request by someone you had two options; confirm or ignore. Now, instead of the ignore button you will see the “Not Now” button. Pressing this button will send the would-be-friend into friend purgatory, the place where they are only half your friend. We’ll call people in this category “Half-Friends.” Why are they called a Facebook “Half-Friend?” As mentioned above, these are the people in limbo mode....

The Basics We’ll start off easy. Let’s say you want install and play some games you have on a DVD or maybe from your Steam library. Here’s a look at what I tried in order to test performance in Windows 10. Portal 2 What may seem like an old game actually had my computer lagging for a while. At the usual maxed out settings I was getting a measly 15 FPS....

HDR in the Google+ Photo Editor The new High Dynamic Range (HDR) features were announced a few days ago by Google’s Andre Meyer in this post on his Google+ profile. Just like the other Google+ photo editing tools, the HDR ones only work in Google Chrome. If you don’t have it installed, you can always download it from here. Start by logging in to your Google+ profiles and going to the Photos section as shown below....

Terminate Unresponsive Apps in Settings Typically, when an app isn’t responding, and the window won’t close, you would hit Ctrl + Alt + Del to launch Task Manager, right-click the offending app and choose to end task. While that still works, Microsoft has added the same functionality to the Settings app. Head to Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Click on the offending app and choose Advanced options and then click the Terminate button....

Create Your Gmail Account Open up your favorite Internet Browser. Click the address bar at the top, clear it out, and then head to www.gmail.com. Once the Gmail webpage loads up click on the Create an account button on the top-right corner of the page. On the next page, you’ll need to fill out some basic information to complete the account creation process. You can enter whatever first and last name you like or use your real information....

If you weren’t aware, this ability has been available on the mobile side of things already. So, let’s look at how to set up an account on Windows, iOS, Android, and Mac. Add a Business Account to OneDrive Sync Client Windows 10 Right-click the OneDrive icon located in the Notification Area, then click Settings. Select the “Account” tab, then click Add a Business account. Then you’ll be prompted to sign in using your Microsoft 365 — Formerly Office 365 credentials....

Add Dropbox to the ‘Send To’ Context Menu on Windows 10 The first thing you need to do is find the ‘Send To’ folder and there are a few ways to do it. First, you can copy and paste the following path in the Search box and hit Enter: Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + R to launch the Run dialog and copy and paste the same path above and click OK or hit Enter....

Cancel Your Spotify Subscription To cancel your subscription the first thing you need to do is open a browser on your computer and head to https://www.spotify.com/us/account/profile/ and login if you’re not already. Then scroll down to the bottom and click the “Cancel” button. You will then see which subscription plan you are subscribed to and when the next billing date is. Click the “Change Plan” button. Now scroll down and under the Spotify Free section click the “Cancel Premium” button....

Change iOS Brightness Settings Tap Settings Tap Brightness Tap Auto-Brightness On / Off or slide the brightness scale up or down. Do you have a groovy iOS tip? Send it to us at tips@groovypost.com. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Check and Manage Calendar Events from Apple Watch The basic way to check your calendar items on your Apple Watch is to launch the Calendar app on your watch. Then, press the Digital Crown and tap the Calendar icon from your list. Whether you use Siri or manually open the calendar app, it will default to your watch’s “Up Next” view. Just swipe up or down on the screen to see different days and events, or use the watch’s dial to scroll through....

Wi-Fi Connection: What Those Figures Mean For the average home user, when checking a Wi-Fi connection, there are three speed test numbers to look for: Ping, Download, and Upload. Ping is used for testing the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer. In this case, it measures the time it takes to send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packets between your device and internet service provider and back again....

Thankfully, presentation creators who use Google Slides have plenty of pre-built templates ready to use. If you can’t find the design you’re looking for, however, you may prefer to create a Google Slides template of your own. Here’s how. Creating and Customizing Google Slides Templates If you’ve ever created or customized a PowerPoint template, you’ll be familiar with the master slide. This is the template that your presentation uses to determine the default font, color scheme, background, and other formatting options used in your presentation....

Typically, radar charts compare multiple variables on a two-dimensional plane with all of the axes equally distributed. Here’s how to set the charts and why they are useful. Create A Radar Chart in Excel For this exercise, we’re going to complete radar charts using two sets of sample data. The first shows and compares different aspects for two new smartphones, including display, camera, battery life, and color choices. The second looks at two employees and how they differ on key skill sets, such as punctuality, meeting deadlines, kindness, and problem-solving....

It can also be used to access files in backups you might have made in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Create a System Image in Windows 10 To get started, hit the Windows key on your keyboard and type: control panel and choose the Control Panel app from the results. That will open the classic Control Panel that you’re used to from earlier versions of Windows. Once you have Control Panel open, click Backup and Restore (Windows 7)....